Joanne interviews Jay Sullivan, who distributes socio-political documentaries free of charge at the Union Square Subway Station in New York City.

David Byrne’s interactive art project Playing the Building at South Street Seaport in New York City.

A week before the release of the new 3G iPhone, several people have formed a line outside of the Apple 5th Avenue cube store in New York City in hopes of obtaining a World Record for the most time spent waiting in line for a purchase.

Forth of July, Independence Day Fireworks, New York City 2008 (more explosives than any other display in America), Star Spangled Banner by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians

Visiting the 2008 Coney Island Mermaid Parade at Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

Story Links: Memorial Day, Henry C Welles, Waterloo, New York, Comparative death rates of selected US wars from 1775 - 2008, Documented civilian deaths from Iraq War, Military and civilian war related deaths through the ages

Story Links: Icahn has Cheeseburger (shareholder but not board member) to overtake Yahoo! board, Yahoo! Board of Directors, Who is your Yahoo Pick?, Moot, 4chan (photo), Jay Maynard, Tron Guy (video, image), Michael Arrington, Techcrunch (photo), Admiral Ackbar, Mon Calamari commander of the Rebel Fleet, Tay Zonday, Tazonday.com (photo), George Bush, soon to be former politician, Michael Buckley, What the Buck, Tom Dickson, Will it Blend
(photo), Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left (photo), Nemo, Disney, Including music by Podington Bear - Hook line and Slinker and Bobby Birdman, , How to eat bananas by Sara M. Brattman, New York Times article on Aya Tsukioka and Urban Camouflage in Japan, colored pencils in the woods (via), Makeup? mountain in Peru, The virtual 2-D girlfriend projection, NYU’s ITP Show Spring 2008, Door to Hell in Uzbekistan, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on a bottle Organ, Dragostea Din Tei in G

Joanne meets up with davidjr.com in Union Square, NYC

Rocketboom field correspondent Juliette Powell talks with comic book artists Ramon Perez, Mark Brooks, Romain Hugault, and N. Steven Harris at the 2008 New York Comic Con. Music: Sunset Stroll Into The Woods by Podington Bear.

story links: A New York Fairy Tale Continued, Music - Tender & Curious by Poddington Bear

Story Links: Joanne hits the streets to look for new videos to watch on YouTube and finds French Kiss New York, Monty Python Philosophy Football, Janet Rocke with U, Janet - Feedback, Kimbo Slice - The heart of a Lion

Story Links: Joanne visits the New Design High School

Story Links: NYC Union Square Pillow Fight 2008 (music) See Also: Pillow Fight 2007, Pillow Fight 2006

Story links: George Bush speaks at the NYC Economic Club, Joseph Stiglitz, Common trends for time travelers to Germany (via Metafilter), German gas prices reach over $8US per gallon, Dick Cheney disregards public opinion, Stiglitz is expecting $4 trillion needed to restore order in Iraq, Chevy Tahoe in Iran commercial, Yosuke Yamashita plays burning piano (new), BBC report on tent cities springing up in Los Angeles due to economy fallout, An anonymous responder to BBC’s tent city story, Yosuke Yamashita plays burning piano (old), Fire Escapes in NYC, Response to Fire Escapes in NYC

Story Links: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. Joanne visits the first morning of Spring (music).

story links: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. Joanne visits The Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden in The Bronx, NY.

story links: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. The Elephants arrive in New York.

Story Links: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. Encore: Joanne travels across New York City backwards through time. Eclipse Solaire by vinc2-exoplanete (music)

Story Links: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. Miniature City. Inspired by Little People. Music by Drew.

Story: Rocketboom New York City Music Video Week. Fire Escape. Music by PQPiano3

story links: New York City 1911-Present, by Adam Quirk of Wreck and Salvage, NYPL Digital Gallery, video of the Empire State Building, music by Dosh

story links: Rocketboom’s Ellie Rountree visits Toy Tokyo in New York City.

story links: Paul Dateh (aka the Hip-Hop Violinist) interprets Joanne’s day.

Story links: Anonymous stages protests against the Church of Scientology in cities around the world. Rocketboom field correspondents covered the event Andy Carvin - Washington D.C., Steve Garfield - Boston, John Coffey - Philadelphia, Juliette Powell - New York City, Neutral News - Miami, Londanon - London

Story links: Leap Year, Improv Everywhere’s Frozen in Grand Central Station, Noisy New York Superbowl roar (fan images), Patriots accused of cheating by US senate (Thanks, Gary V and Bill D!), Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady poses as Tom Brady from the Brady Bunch (via), Internet Traffic Report (Related: Pentagon report on the inetrnet as a weapons system), The Smiling Crator happy face of Mars, STS-122 Space Shuttle Atlantis to begin launch countdown to the International Space Station, NASA Deep Space Nine to beam the Beatles song Across the Universe